Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 197 (12th April 2024)
Burnout has been on the increase over recent years, and continues throughout the aftershocks of the global pandemic, which has brought out an environment of persistent and often unmanageable stress.
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Friday Reading Edition 197 (19th April 2024)
The recent rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia signals something much larger in international affairs: China now believes its traditionally passive role no longer suits its interest, taking on a more activist outlook in its foreign policy as a facilitator.
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Friday Reading Edition 197 (12th April 2024)
Employers should develop wellbeing strategy to safeguard staff mental health and promote a healthy business.
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Friday Reading Edition 197 (12th April 2024)
Explains what stress is, what might cause it and how it can affect you. Includes information about ways you can help yourself and how to get support.
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Friday Reading Edition 197 (19th April 2024)
International SOS Security Director James Robertson provides insights into the Iranian actions against Israel over the weekend, the latest developments, and the broader context of the Greater Middle East. Also discusses the various scenarios organisations should be planning for, including the triggers they should monitor.
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Friday Reading Edition 197 (12th April 2024)
Employers have a legal duty to protect workers from stress at work by doing a risk assessment and acting on it. You should assess the risk of stress, and its impact on mental and physical ill-health, in the same way as you assess other work-related health and safety risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 196 (5th April 2024)
A contrary view, from Kenneth Rogoff, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Friday Reading Edition 196 (5th April 2024)
For the UK and other economies, generating shared prosperity requires a new approach to industrial strategy that will accelerate the innovation, adoption and diffusion of AI.
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Friday Reading Edition 196 (5th April 2024)
The UK and US have signed a landmark deal to work together on testing advanced AI.
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Friday Reading Edition 196 (5th April 2024)
The funding bonanza over AI could add lots of hype and "maybe some grifting," says Demis Hassabis.
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